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New Zealand Common Bag Moth

Liothula omnivora

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 112, February 123, March 150, April 424, May 213, June 114, July 106, August 97, September 131, October 143, November 130, December 113.
New Zealand1,856
Wellington Region555
Canterbury Region494
Auckland Region188
Otago Region183
Waikato Region76
Manawatu-Wanganui Region54
Southland Region52
Northland Region48
Bay of Plenty Region48

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyBagworm Moths · Psychidae
GenusLiothula

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